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Reference numberNLB/64/181
Alternative reference numberNLB/64 p112
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], Chairman of the Physics Committee and FRS
Date20 February 1923
DescriptionInforms the Lord Rayleigh that the report on H. Grayson Smith's paper, 'A correspondence between the spectrum of the potassium ion and the spectrum of argon', was entirely unfavourable, stating the results were 'too trivial' and overall it seemed to be the work of a 'half-trained student'. Asks whether the communicator of the paper should now be asked to withdraw it.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
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CodeNameDates
NA1226Jeans; Sir; James Hopwood (1877 - 1946); physicist and mathematician1877 - 1946
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
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